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Old December 10th 19, 07:42 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Lynn McGuire[_3_]
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Default “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”

“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security
Essentials”

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html

“When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop
providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials
software.”

Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here.

I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products.

Lynn
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Old December 10th 19, 09:39 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Panthera Tigris Altaica[_2_]
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Default “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”

On 2019-12-10 13:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security
Essentials”

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html


“When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop
providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials
software.”

Ok, this is not good.* Microsoft is playing hardball here.

I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products.

Lynn


Security Essentials is not the best antimalware product for Windows, and
that's putting it mildly. However, if Microsoft stops supporting it, you
will need something else. Stay away from Norton and McAfee; Avast is,
sadly, following in their footsteps. AVG is now part of Avast. There
aren't that many top-tier products left.
  #3  
Old December 10th 19, 09:54 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Alek
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Default “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”

Lynn McGuire wrote on 12/10/2019 1:42 PM:
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security
Essentials”

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html

“When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop
providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials
software.”

Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here.

I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products.

Lynn


"Security Essentials, a free antivirus (AV) program that launched in
2008, was originally limited to consumers. However, in 2010, Microsoft
expanded the licensing to small businesses
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13752/windows-security-essentials-eula,
defined as those with 10 or fewer PCs. Two years after that, *MSE was
replaced by Windows Defender* with the launch of Windows 8."

Don't you have Windows Defender?



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Old December 10th 19, 09:54 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Shadow[_2_]
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Default Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7s free AV software, Security Essentials

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:42:26 -0600, Lynn McGuire
wrote:

Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7s free AV software, Security
Essentials

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html

When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop
providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials
software.

Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here.


It'll just boost the sale/usage of "compatible with Win 7"
AVs.

I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products.


Kaspersky is usually top in detection. Just ahead of
BitDefender.
Plus with Kaspersky you have the option to turn off sending
all your Internet activity/unknown files to headquarters.
Even so, I haven't used a resident AV for ages (5 years?)
It's not difficult to avoid malware.
[]'s
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Old December 10th 19, 10:18 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
David[_29_]
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Default “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”

On 10/12/2019 20:54, Shadow wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:42:26 -0600, Lynn McGuire
wrote:

“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security
Essentials”

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html

“When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop
providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials
software.”

Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here.


It'll just boost the sale/usage of "compatible with Win 7"
AVs.

I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products.


Kaspersky is usually top in detection. Just ahead of
BitDefender.
Plus with Kaspersky you have the option to turn off sending
all your Internet activity/unknown files to headquarters.
Even so, I haven't used a resident AV for ages (5 years?)
*It's not difficult to avoid malware*.
[]'s


That's bullsh*t!

If you don't use an anti-virus software programme with Microsoft Windows
(before Windows 10) then you won't ever KNOW that your computer is free
from malware.

If your computer DOES have malware, and you attempt to download the
Kaspersky Rescue Disk from here https://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/krd18

You may end up being redirected to a 'spoof' Kaspersky site and be
served with a 'doctored' Rescue Disk! You will THINK your machine is
clean when, in fact, it remains infected!

HTH

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Old December 10th 19, 10:46 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Roger Blake[_2_]
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Default “Microsoft to end updates to Windows7’s free AV software, SecurityEssentials”

On 2019-12-10, Shadow wrote:
Kaspersky is usually top in detection. Just ahead of
BitDefender.


There is a free version of Bitdefender. You need to register it but it is
a free license.

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Old December 10th 19, 10:59 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Panthera Tigris Altaica[_2_]
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Default “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”

On 2019-12-10 15:54, Alek wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote on 12/10/2019 1:42 PM:
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security
Essentials”

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html

“When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop
providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials
software.”

Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here.

I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products.

Lynn


"Security Essentials, a free antivirus (AV) program that launched in
2008, was originally limited to consumers. However, in 2010, Microsoft
expanded the licensing to small businesses
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13752/windows-security-essentials-eula,
defined as those with 10 or fewer PCs. Two years after that, *MSE was
replaced by Windows Defender* with the launch of Windows 8."

Don't you have Windows Defender?


There are two applications named 'Windows Defender'.

There's the Windows 7 application which is an absolutely useless anti
spyware application. Worse than useless, it uses RAM and CPU cycles
while achieving nothing. And then there's the Win 8 and later
application which combined Windows Defender and Microsoft Security
Essentials into one and was still utterly useless at killing spyware.
Windows Defender is now Microsoft Defender, and is a little better at
killing spyware, it could hardly be worse.

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Old December 10th 19, 11:11 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Blake[_4_]
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Default “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”

On 12/10/2019 1:39 PM, Panthera Tigris Altaica wrote:
On 2019-12-10 13:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security
Essentials”

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html


“When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop
providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials
software.”

Ok, this is not good.* Microsoft is playing hardball here.

I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products.

Lynn


Security Essentials is not the best antimalware product for Windows, and
that's putting it mildly.





True. However Microsoft Defender is much better.


However, if Microsoft stops supporting it, you
will need something else. Stay away from Norton and McAfee;



I agree.


Avast is,
sadly, following in their footsteps. AVG is now part of Avast. There
aren't that many top-tier products left.



But there are are some, including Defender.


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Old December 10th 19, 11:15 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Blake[_4_]
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Default “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”

On 12/10/2019 2:59 PM, Panthera Tigris Altaica wrote:
On 2019-12-10 15:54, Alek wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote on 12/10/2019 1:42 PM:
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security
Essentials”

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html

“When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop
providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials
software.”

Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here.

I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products.

Lynn


"Security Essentials, a free antivirus (AV) program that launched in
2008, was originally limited to consumers. However, in 2010, Microsoft
expanded the licensing to small businesses
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13752/windows-security-essentials-eula,
defined as those with 10 or fewer PCs. Two years after that, *MSE was
replaced by Windows Defender* with the launch of Windows 8."

Don't you have Windows Defender?


There are two applications named 'Windows Defender'.



Yes, but...



There's the Windows 7 application which is an absolutely useless anti
spyware application. Worse than useless, it uses RAM and CPU cycles
while achieving nothing.



....although it wasn't very good, it's wasn't as bad as "useless." And
since this the Windows 10 newsgroup, it should be apparent which
Defender is being talked about.

And then there's the Win 8 and later
application which combined Windows Defender and Microsoft Security
Essentials into one and was still utterly useless at killing spyware.
Windows Defender is now Microsoft Defender, and is a little better at
killing spyware, it could hardly be worse.



I completely disagree. It's an excellent anti-virus program, but it's
good to supplement it with MalwareBytes AntiMalware.



--
Ken
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Old December 10th 19, 11:33 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_28_]
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Default “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”

David wrote:
On 10/12/2019 20:54, Shadow wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:42:26 -0600, Lynn McGuire
wrote:

“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security
Essentials”

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html


“When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop
providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials
software.”

Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here.


It'll just boost the sale/usage of "compatible with Win 7"
AVs.

I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products.


Kaspersky is usually top in detection. Just ahead of
BitDefender.
Plus with Kaspersky you have the option to turn off sending
all your Internet activity/unknown files to headquarters.
Even so, I haven't used a resident AV for ages (5 years?)
*It's not difficult to avoid malware*.
[]'s


That's bullsh*t!

If you don't use an anti-virus software programme with Microsoft Windows
(before Windows 10) then you won't ever KNOW that your computer is free
from malware.

If your computer DOES have malware, and you attempt to download the
Kaspersky Rescue Disk from here https://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/krd18

You may end up being redirected to a 'spoof' Kaspersky site and be
served with a 'doctored' Rescue Disk! You will THINK your machine is
clean when, in fact, it remains infected!

HTH


1) GOTO Public Library.
2) Download Kaspersky.
3) Burn CD.
4) Thank librarian for being there.
Go home. Scan machine.

This is what friends are for.

Paul
 




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